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Re: new keyword `libtool' for testsuite
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Gary V. Vaughan |
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Re: new keyword `libtool' for testsuite |
Date: |
Sat, 04 Feb 2006 01:32:50 +0000 |
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Hallo Ralf!
Ralf Wildenhues wrote:
> This trivial patch adds the Autotest keyword `libtool' to all tests that
> exercise the $top_builddir/libtool script. With the patch and the fixes
> in CVS Autoconf's autotest macros, it is possible to do neat things, for
> example:
> - test a branch-1-5 libtool script by overriding $LIBTOOL suitably
> (I do this currently by manually calling `testsuite' in the way the
> Makefile calls it).
> - manually set `need_lib_prefix' to yes and get some test exposure by
> make check-local TESTSUITE_FLAGS='-k libtool'
> - do likewise for other flags; e.g., `need_locks' and `compiler_c_o';
> or set `deplibs_check_method="test_compile"'
Neat!
> A subsequent post-Libtool-2.0 post-Autoconf-2.60 patch will actually
> create tests that do some of the above by default.
Cool!
> OK to apply this patch?
Most definitely :-)
> Should we maybe add documentation somewhere about the exact meaning of
> the testsuite keywords?
A good idea. I guess a few words in HACKING should be enough.
> * tests/convenience.at, tests/deplibs-ident.at: Add new keyword
> `libtool' for tests that exercise the unmodified `libtool'
> script that is generated at build time.
> * tests/duplicate_members.at, tests/fail.at: Likewise.
> * tests/inherited_flags.at, tests/link-order.at: Likewise.
> * tests/stresstest.at, tests/template.at: Likewise.
Cheers,
Gary.
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